Media Featuring Bazelon Center Experts and/or Issues
Forced Treatment Doesn't Work
USA Today, Op-ed by Joseph Rogers, January 6, 2012
Congress Must Not Cut SSI
Politico, Op-ed by Timothy Shriver, December 14, 2011
Justice Official Says State AG's Claims about Mental Health Treatment in New Hampshire 'Simply Incorrect'
Nashua Telegraph, December 10, 2011
Feds Hit New Hampshire on Mental Health Reply
Concord Monitor, December 10, 2011
What’s Fair about Waiting in Line to Get Housing?
Washington Post, Letter to the Editor by Bazelon Center Staff Bonnie Milstein, December 2, 2011
SSI: A Critical Support for Disabled Children and their Families
Center for Law and Social Policy Blog, In Focus, November 8, 2011
Cutting SSI Benefits Places the Burden of Deficit Reduction on Children with Disabilities
Leadership Conference Education Fund Blog, Unfinished Business, November 8, 2011
Advocates Work to Protect SSI for Children with Mental Disabilities
Mental Health Weekly, November 7, 2011
MPS Officials: Special Education Changes Aim to Better Meet Students' Needs
Montgomery Advertiser, October 27, 2011
Cutting SSI Would Only Hurt Children
USATODAY.com, October 26, 2011
SSI Benefits Vital to Severely Disabled Children and Their Families
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Blog, Off the Charts, October 26, 2011
How SSI Benefits Help Children and Families
Voices for America's Children Blog, October 26, 2011
Attorney blasts care for youths with mental illnesses
Clarion Ledger (Miss.), October 21, 2011
Experts Warn of Consequences of Cutting Psych Beds
Chicago Tribune, October 18, 2011
Eating Disorders a New Front in Insurance Fight
New York Times, October 13, 2011
Supplemental Security Income for Disabled Kids: A Success Story Conservatives Don't Want to Tell
Center for Economic and Policy Research Blog, October 5, 2011
Moving to Community Care: State-run Centers for Developmentally Disabled Finally on the Way Out
Chicago Tribune, September 30, 2011
No Boundaries Photo Project: Anupa Iyer, Legal Intern & Recent Law School Graduate
Disability.gov Blog, Disability.Blog, September 23, 2011
Mental Health Reform Hindered by Red Tape
The News Journal [Delaware], September 16, 2011
New Resources on Olmstead from DOJ and Bazelon Center
Psychiatric Services, August 2011
A Year After Virginia Tech., Sharper Focus on Students
Christian Science Monitor, August 3, 2011
Make Affirmative Action Meaningful
Disability.gov Blog, Disability.Blog, July 13, 2011
D.C.P.S. Resolves Part of Special Ed Class Action Suit
WAMU 88.5 FM News, July 07, 2011
Agreement Reached on State Psychiatric Center
WDEL 1150 AM News Talk Radio, July 6, 2011
State and U.S Department of Justice Sign Delaware Psychiatric Center Settlement
DFM News, July 6, 2011
Agreement Reached on Delaware Psychiatric Center
Associated Press in the Albany Times-Union, July 6, 2011
State, U.S. Dept. of Justice Reach Delaware Psychiatric Center Settlement
Delaware Online, July 6, 2011
Mediator: District Cuts Corners in Special Ed Suit
D.C. Schools Insider, The Washington Post, June 28, 2011
Group Calls MPS Inadequate for Some Special-Education Students
Montgomery Advertiser, June 26, 2011
Two Special Ed Officials Leave with (Mostly) Plaudits
DC Schools Insider Blog, The Washington Post , June 9, 2011
Mental Health Advocates File Complaint against Alabama School District
Mental Health Weekly, June 6, 2011
"Charter Charges" in Loose Lips Daily: Will Sulaimon Be There Edition
Loose Lips Daily Blog, Washington City Paper, May 13, 2011
Advocates Accuse DC Charter Schools of Excluding the Disabled
Washington Post, May 13, 2011
Beyond the Medicare Fight: GOP, Centrist Dems Targeting Medicaid
Huffington Post, May 6, 2011
Despite Rising Need, Mental Health Takes Back Seat
Tucson Sentinel, March 14, 2011
Cuomo Nominates CQC, OPWDD Heads
Albany Times Union, March 7, 2011
Insanity Defense Rarely Used and Rarely Successful
The Tampa Tribune, January 31, 2011
Bangor Psychiatric Hospital Facing Fines
Maine Public Broadcasting Network, January 26, 2011
A Remedy for Tucsons: Reaching Out Before Tragedy
The Washington Post, January 20, 2011
Is Help on the Way?
The New Republic, January 15, 2011
Loughner's "Dark Personality" Eluded Scrutineers in Mental Health System
Blooomberg, January 14, 2011
Students' Rights Weighed as Colleges Try to Assess Threats
USA Today, January 14, 2011
Republicans Target Health Care Law for Repeal that Provides Significant Assistance and Options for People with Mental Illness
Huffington Post, January 14, 2011
Shooting Suspect Fell Through the Cracks
Associated Press, January 12, 2011
Health Care Reform Contains Major Expansion of Access to Mental Health Services
Huffington Post, January 12, 2011
Identifying the Violent Mentally Ill is a Challenge, Experts Say
Baltimore Sun, January 11, 2011
A MIssed Chance to Intervene in Tucson?
National Public Radio, January 11, 2011
Identifying the Mentally Ill is a Challenge, Experts Say
Los Angeles Times, January 10, 2011
Portland Chief Mike Reese Vows to Search for Ways to Reduce Police Use of Deadly Force
The Oregonian, January 3, 2011
Cruel Choices, Part One and Part Two
Public Radio Exchange (transcripts)
Justice Increases Efforts to Enforce Olmstead Ruling
NPR, December 3, 2010
Kansans to Vote on Voting Rights of Kansans with Mental Illnesses
KCUR News, October 26, 2010
Justice Department Pushes for Services to Move Patients Out of Mental Hospitals
Kaiser Health News, October 21, 2010
New Laws Expand Mental Health Coverage
Kaiser Health News, October 5, 2010
Pact to Decrease Number of Mentally Ill People in Nursing Homes: Federal Judge OKs Settlement to Serve People in Community Settings
Chicago Tribune in the Los Angeles Times, September 30, 2010
ADA Brought Many Benefits to Those With Mental Illness
Psychiatric News, September 3, 2010
Schizophrenia Linked to Raised Risk of Injury While Hospitalized
Science Magazine, August 29, 2010
Shift to Community Care Slowing in Many States
Psychiatric News, August 6, 2010
No Dogs Allowed, But Cancer Patient Wants Companion
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 5, 2010
Schizophrenia Patients Likely to Sustain Medical Injuries During Non-Psychiatric Hospital Stay
News-Medical.Net, July 23, 2010
Multnomah County Awarded Grant to Study Police Encounters with Mentally Ill
The Oregonian, July 8, 2010
Receiving Home: Turning children into human teddy bears
Sacramento Press, July 7, 2010
Health Care Reform Explained: Your Questions Answered
AARP Bulletin, July 5, 2010
Georgia Mental Health Talks Fail
AJC, July 1, 2010
Safety Standards Passed in School Use of Restraints, Seclusion
New England Psychologist, June 2010
Schizophrenic Man Jailed After Allegedly Threatening Judge; Social Worker Reported Comment Made in Mental Health Treatment
Chicago Tribune, June 9, 2010
Coercion, Discipline, Convenience, Retaliation: Restraining Children in Changing Times
Psychology Today, May 18, 2010
Funding Cuts Threaten Future of Police Intervention Programs
Psychiatric News, May 7, 2010
Law Improves Insurance Coverage for Those Needing MH Care
Psychiatric News, May 7, 2010
Mentally Ill in Illinois Win Right to Community Care
Psychiatric News, April 16, 2010
Pushing for Reform
Georgia Trend, April 2010
Mental Health Experts Applaud Focus on Parity
The New York Times, March 29, 2010
Health Care Vote Ushers in Big Changes for People With Disabilities
Disability Scoop, March 22, 2010
Suit Filed On Behalf of State's Young Mental Patients
Associated Press in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis TN, March 13, 2010
Judge: Mentally Ill Should Move Homes to Neighborhoods
ABC News, March 4, 2010
Judge Orders New York City to Move Mentally Ill Out of Large, Institutional Housing
The New York Times, March 1, 2010
Judge Orders Out Mentally Disabled Residents of Adult Homes, If They Want To Live On Their Own
New York Daily News, March 1, 2010
Feds Want Immediate Protection For State Mental Hospital Patients
Georgia Public Broadcasting, January 29, 2010
The Criminalization of Mental Illness: Why Are Oregon's Jails and Prisons its Biggest Providers of Mental Health Services?
The Portland Mercury, January 19, 2010
MH Funding Fares Well in 2010 Federal Budget
Psychiatric News, January 15, 2010
Special Ed Kids "Missing to the System"
D.C. Schools Insider Blog, The Washington Post, January 14, 2010
Getting the Courts to Stop Governing D.C
Washington City Paper, January 13, 2010
Those Needing MH Care Await Results of Medicaid Expansion Tug-of-War
Psychiatric News, January 1, 2010
Settlements In Mental Health Cases Face Scrutiny
NPR, March 30, 2009